Two Books on the Relationship Between Design and World of Production

Keywords: Chiara Alessi, Giulio Castelli, Italian Design

Abstract

Book reviews:

Giulio Castelli, Paola Antonelli, Francesca Picchi (a cura di), La fabbrica del design. Conversazioni con i protagonisti del design italiano, Milano: Skira, 2007. 408 pp. ISBN 978-8861301443. € 30,00

Chiara Alessi, Design senza designer, Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2016. 128 pp. ISBN 978-8858122181. € 13,00

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Author Biography

Dario Scodeller, Università degli Studi di Ferrara

Associate professor in the Architecture Department of the Università degli Studi di Ferrara. A licensed architect, graduated from the Università Iuav in Venice, and a design historian, he has worked professionally as a designer in the areas of lighting, exhibit and retail design. Since 2005 to 2015 he has taught in the Department of Industrial Design at the Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino/Iuav di Venezia, where he became a researcher in 2012 and for which in 2014-2015 he directed the Undergraduate Programme in Design. He has taught at the Design Department of the Politecnico di Milano, in the Master courses in Lighting Design at the Accademia di Brera and at the Architecture School of the Università di Udine. His publications include the monograph Livio e Piero Castiglioni, il progetto della luce (Electa, Milano 2003); Negozi, l’architetto nello spazio della merce (Electa, Milano 2007); Gaddo Morpurgo, pensieri, progetti, ricerche (Foschi Editore, Forlì 2008), Design spontaneo (Corraini 2017). His studies and critical reflections on design have been published in magazines such as «Casabella», «Flare», «Licht & Architektur», «Abitare», «Domus», «Luce & Design». He directed the office of retail design for the Coin group from 1998 to 2001, and served as a consultant for Fabrica (the communication research centre of the Benetton Group) for their exhibition projects.

Published
2016-05-31
Issue
Vol 4 No 7 (2016): Design at Work: the History of the Project Between Studio and Business
Section
Reviews

Copyright (c) 2016 Dario Scodeller

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